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| Artist: Drive-by Truckers
Label: New West Records
List Price: $18.98
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Rating:  44 reviews
Sales Rank: 1826
Media: Audio CD
Discs: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.3
Dimensions (in): 5.4 x 5 x 0.2
MPN: 6135
UPC: 607396613526
EAN: 0607396613526
ASIN: B000ZKRFDA
Release Date: January 22, 2008
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Takes a few times May 9, 2008
Marc Burns (Los Angeles)
I was put off at first but after a few listens I really can say I am a DBT fan.
"I shot a man" in the context of our country's current wartime scene is chilling.
"Monument Valley" conjures up pleasant memorys of desert rock climbing trips.
"Bob" and "Lisas birthday" are a hoot.
 TOO LONG--At Times Good...Often BORING July 8, 2008
David Smith (Northeast Tennessee)
0 out of 1 found this review helpful
I wanted badly to like "Brighter Than Creation's Dark." When I first heard the title of the album, I hoped DBT would revert to some of the hard-edged flare of "The Dirty South" or "Southern Rock Opera." Unfortunately, this latest Trucker's release is far too time-consuming and far too short on substance. While there are certainly some jewels on this disc ("The Man I Shot," "Two Daughters and a Beautiful Wife," and "A Ghost to Most"), there are several forgettable tracks. "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" suffers from the Guns N Roses "Use Your Illusion I & II" disease of foregoing a great, compact release for a lengthy average work. The CD is arguably nine songs too long. The Truckers should have released "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" as a solid 10-song disc. Far too often bands release too much filler on discs these days instead of giving listeners a solid, shorter work. As much as Shonna Tucker improves the visual image of the band, her songwriting hurts "Brighter Than Creation's Dark." The three tunes she offers on the release are forgettable at best ("The Purgatory Line") and just plain horrible ("I'm Sorry Huston"). Maybe Jason Isbell should have stayed on with the band and sent Shonna packing. Of course, Shonna isn't the only offender on "Brighter Than Creation's Dark." Mike Cooley also offers up a few duds ("Lisa's Birthday" and "Bob") as does Patterson Hood ("You and Your Crystal Meth" and "Daddy Needs A Drink"). All said "Brighter Than Creation's Dark" could have been a great album if it were trimmed down and cranked up a bit. Too often the album plods along at a SLOW tempo seemingly forgetting the band has its roots in Rock and Roll. If DBT keeps up at this pace, I may throw myself off Lookout Mountain to save the trouble of enduring another such slipshod collection.
Less Dark than previous efforts November 3, 2008
R. C. Schmults (Brookline, MA USA)
When listening to the earlier "The Dirty South" I felt a sudden urge to become an alcoholic, beat up my boss, and get behind the wheel of a rusted early 70's Pontiac and find my way into a confrontation with local law enforcement. So these guys know how to have an effect with their music. For those who are looking to music help them escape their own problems vs. become wrapped up in the hard luck and troubles of the down and out trailer crowd, you're in luck (well, sort of). "Brighter than Creations Dark" is still full of characters and people either headed the wrong way or stuck there by forces beyond their control, but some of the desperation is gone and now they find some time for hanging in a bar rocking out to some adrenaline pumping tunes like "3 Dimes Down," "Home Field Advantage," and "Self Destructive Zones" (a great send-up of some of Rock's lamer fads). Sure "Daddy Needs a Drink" and "You and Your Crystal Meth" are nothing to listen to if you need a pick-me up, but you can throw on "Perfect Timing" for a little feel good sing-along. The guys who told the moonshiners' side of the story in "Bufford Stick" are still going strong, but they're willing to allow a little more daylight on the scene and this album has more genuine rockers than was typically the case in earlier efforts. Still, the DBT's songs generally aren't to be taken lightly and if you really listen to them you hear a band that knows how to play, but also has staked out the voice of the economically disadvantaged in a way that shows clearly how Springsteen and Mellencamp only postured -- these guys sound like they lived it. As far as being "Southern Rock" -- think Athens as much as Statesboro -- they have both that unique authenticity old Southern Rock was synonymous with as well as the willingness to experiment and move beyond the slide guitars and beards cliches.
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